Posted on 02/16/2015 11:56:54 AM PST by Kaslin
When I say "oops," it's in reference to the factual error, not a concession that the mistake was necessarily accidental. Via John McCormack of the Weekly Standard, here's how liberal New York Times columnist Gail Collins tries to assail the Wisconsin Governor in a piece ironically called, 'Scott Walker Needs an Eraser:'
The Speech was about waging war on public employee unions, particularly the ones for teachers. In 2010, there was a young woman named Megan Sampson who was honored as the outstanding teacher of the year in my state. And not long after she got that distinction, she was laid off by her school district, said Walker, lacing into teacher contracts that require layoffs be done by seniority.All of that came as a distinct surprise to Claudia Felske, a member of the faculty at East Troy High School who actually was named a Wisconsin Teacher of the Year in 2010. In a phone interview, Felske said she still remembers when she got the news at a surprise pep assembly at my school. As well as the fact that those layoffs happened because Walker cut state aid to education [emphasis added].
Actually, Wisconsin names four teachers of the year, none of which has ever been Megan Sampson, who won an award for first-year English teachers given by a nonprofit group.
There are two problems in this section of Collins's column: First, she accuses Walker of dishonesty, but she's just quibbling over semantics. Is it really inaccurate to describe someone named an "outstanding first-year teacher" by the Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English as a "teacher of the year" for short? I've never seen much of a difference: In the headline of this 2011 piece, I described Sampson as a "teacher of the year," but in the body of the piece I precisely described her award. Walker has been telling this story for four years, and no one thought his description of Sampson was dishonest until Gail Collins heard about it.But the big error in Collins's piece is her claim that "those layoffs happened because Walker cut state aid to education." As you can see in the excerpt above, Collins is talking about teacher layoffs that occurred in 2010. Walker did not become governor until 2011.
Correction: February 15, 2015An earlier version of this column incorrectly stated that teacher layoffs in Milwaukee in 2010 happened because Gov. Scott Walker cut state aid to education. The layoffs were made by the citys school system because of a budget shortfall, before Mr. Walker took office in 2011.
HH: David Axelrod, a couple of quick questions. Why didnt you guys ever release the Presidents transcripts from Harvard Law School and Columbia and Occidental?
DA: You know, honestly, [pauses] Ive got to [pauses] Im not fundamentally focused on that. Its not something that I wrote about. And Im not sure how relevant it is.
Over the last few days, news outlets have reported that the U.S. Attorneys Office in New Jersey has launched yet another federal criminal investigation into Governor Chris Christie and his administration...Turns out the story is more nuanced than the headlines might have you believe. Yes, a person has been questioned in connection with this allegation about the Christie administration. Does that mean there is a new federal criminal investigation? Not necessarily. Heres what the U.S. Attorneys office in New Jersey told us today: Any characterization that we are investigating the Governor about this is just not true…"
Well, it’s out there now, and retraction will be buried, so therefore, it will be “true.”
They have issued a correction and the story has been edited.
MSM is so stupid these days
They make blogs look like Pulitzer candidates
How’s that college edumacation working out for you, Gail?
This is an example of why I always urge people to write letters to the editor whether they live in the reporting area or not.
That doesn’t matter to the New York Slimes. They know they can put this falsehood out there, then bury the retraction where most who believe it will never see it. It’s only a lie when someone calls them on it and it gets major exposure, like Brian Williams. They know this won’t be the case for this lie. So the lie becomes the reality for many, and only the few know the truth.
Been doing it for years.
already posted, but regardless, related topic:
A surprising number of presidents never graduated college
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3258107/posts
NYT editors: “What is truth? Truth is subjective for the person telling it. Why tell the truth, when lies work better in accomplishing your agenda?” [That is the real Truth the NYT avoids telling.]
The reporter graduated from one of the top Journalism schools... which tells us a lot about the quality of ‘professionals’ they’re putting out.
I know why the MSM isn’t respected...
Correct, and they have broken stories the MSM has spiked.
“Oh who cares- Gov Scott is a Republican after all so what’s the big deal?” Gail Collins NYT.
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